In heated elections like this one, there is a tendency in the U.S. to characterize the arguments between the two... READ MORE

“It seems that more than 96 percent of voters have already made up their minds about this election,” the ad begins. READ MORE

“There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what,” Mitt Romney told a room full of... READ MORE

I’ll admit it. Sometimes, when this election gets too small or depressing, I fantasize about the fiscal cliff. READ MORE

“Are you better off than you were four years ago?” That’s the question Ronald Reagan famously used in 1980 to end Jimmy... READ MORE

A poll released Monday by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press included an unexpected result: Americans... READ MORE

I pine for Ross Perot’s campaign. Not the candidate himself, though he had his charms. But the charts and graphs. READ MORE

Here’s the weird thing about Paul Ryan being named to the Republican presidential ticket: It’s all part of Barack... READ MORE

Last week, I wrote about the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center’s effort to run the numbers on Mitt Romney’s base-broadening,... READ MORE

I can describe Mitt Romney’s tax policy promises in two words: mathematically impossible. READ MORE